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Global warming: How rising alpine vegetation could hit California water supply
2014-09-03 03:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: A warming-climate-induced march of alpine vegetation up a large river basin on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada could slash by one-fourth the annual flow of water the basin delivers to Californias thirsty Central Valley by the last two decades of this century, a new study says. The results of the Kings River Basin study imply that the same type of risk holds for another 10 major river basins along the western Sierra, although to varying degrees, say the researchers involved in the study....
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